The Iran Democracy Now! Refuses to see
Part I: The Ethics of the Frame Nauseating and disgusting are too weak to describe my reaction to Democracy Now!’s
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When a National Team No Longer Represents a Nation
World Cup 2026: Variations on a Theme The free world has not forgotten how tyranny uses sport. It has simply
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The Beautiful Game and the Human Question
World Cup 2026: Variations on a Theme At the 2026 World Cup, football’s struggle is no longer only over goals,
Diplomacy Cannot Mean Forgetting
For nearly seven years, I have stood alongside many of the families of Flight PS752 in their struggle for truth
At Some Point, Sacrifice Must Become Structure
The families of Flight PS752 did not merely mourn. They built a mechanism. Iranian society should study how they did
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The Syrian Connection: Iran’s Rocky Road to Justice
Babak Payami In Syria, justice has begun in a cage. Former Assad officials are finally appearing before courts, while the
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The Hungarian Connection
The Politics Iran Still Has Not Built In my earlier essay, Iran’s Paradigm Shift, I argued that the Woman, Life,
Deconstructing Iran: A Misguided Western Endeavor
The failed U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad were not just another diplomatic disappointment. They exposed a deeper Western failure: the refusal
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The Bill for Appeasement
Why the World Cannot Ask Iranians to Pay Alone Babak Payami – After forty-seven years of the Islamic Republic in
Celebrating on the Corpse of Freedom
Babak Payami Last week, the Islamic Regime in Iran staged its 47th anniversary spectacle while tens of thousands were systematically